Sunvell T9 Rockchip RK3328 Quad Core Android 8.1 4K TV Box Review

Sunvell T9 Rockchip RK3328 Quad Core TV Box Review

So the Sunvell T9 is one of the last reaming TV boxes from 2018 that runs on the Rockchip RK3328 chip-set. Now the Rockchip RK3328 made its debut in 2018 and we saw a plethora of TV box released based on this RK3328 CPU. In my opinion the RK3328 was not the best performing CPU and it struggle to satisfy the ever thirsty benchmarkers and 4K video enthusiast, and Android gaming community. Recognizing these challenges, Sunvell made their last Rockchip RK3328 box the T9 with Max hardware to satisfy the remaining Rockchip die hard fans.

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Hardware

CPU: Rockchip RK3328 Quad Core 1.3GHz

GPU: Mali-450 MP2

RAM: 4GB

RAM Type: DDR3

ROM: 64GB

WiFi – 2.4Ghz + 5.8Ghz

Bluetooth – 4.1

LAN – 100 Mbps

When I looked at the hardware and configuration I wondered why they clocked the CPU at 1.3 GHz. 1.5 or 1.8 would have produced much better results in performance and benchmarks. You have lots of and internal storage, dual band WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.1. I guess it all boils down to heat management in most of these TV boxes.

IO Ports

1 HDMI

1 USB 2.0

1 USB 3.0

1 SPDIF audio out

1 AV port

1 DC input

1 MicroSD reader

1 RJ45 LAN

Software Environment

Well the software environment is actually quite good. It runs on Android 8.1 operating system and it is rooted. It has DRM support Google Widevine level 3 which doesn’t allow Netflix to show in HD and 4K, but you do get it in standard quality. YouTube plays in 4K quality. Kodi and movie APKs play in HD quality. Miracast works on this box via the Airscreen app, You can use alternative launchers, and you can play some low-end android games.

Benchmarks

Antutu – 38403

Geekbench 4 – 600 Single-Core 1592 Multi-core

Ice Storm Extreme – 2109

Sling Shot Test – 484

RAM Copy – 3199 MB/s

ROM Speed – 38 MB/s Read 46 MB/s write

WiFi Speed – Max speed on 5Ghz only

Conclusion

There isn’t much to say about the Sunvell T9, its a cheat Android movie streaming TV box. It’s not a great gamer, and 4K video player, but it does do a great job at streaming movies and TV shows. They have included a navigation bar on the launcher, and up the CPU clock speed to 1.8GHz.